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LINCOLN, NEB.
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1936
STATE CONFERENCE
FOR
AGRICULTURAL
TEACHERS
PLANNED
Department of Vocational
Education Conducts
Meetings.
Annu.il state conference for vo
cational agriculture instructors
will be held June 18-20 in the Ag
riculture hall assembly on the
Agricultural college campus of the
university.
The conference is conducted by
the state department of vocational
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H. W. DEEMS.
Courtesy of The Lincoln Journal.
education in co-operation with the
Nebraska Vocational Agricultural
association. C. A. Fulmer is direc
tor of the state department and
L. D. Clements is supervisor of
the departmental work.
The conference program will
open Thursday forenoon, June 18,
with roll call in which the district
chairmen will report. L. D. Clem
ents, state supervisor of agricul
tural education, will speak on
"Progress of Vocational Education
in Nebraska." Following his
speech, Dr. W. F. Stewart of the
department of vocational educa
tion at Ohio State university, will
speak on "Teaching Boys to
Think."
Continuing the morning pro
gram will be a reorganization of
district groups and registration
and enrollment in Nebraska Voca
tional Agricultural association.
Theater Party Planned.
Thursday afternoon there will
be a theater party for the ladies.
They will meet at the Y. W. C. A.,
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"
Bulletin Shows Efficiency
Of Plants to Protect Soil
Dr. Weaver, Kramer Print
Pamphlet on Value of
Vegetation.
Everyone today knows that
vegetation holds the soil from
washing away. But all too little
Is yet known about what type of
plant life stabilizes the soil most
and no one has thought of find
ing out whether it is the roots or
the tops of plants that are most
important in holding the soil.
The tops have it, according to
Dr. J. E. Weaver, professor of
plant ecology at the university
and Joseph Kramer, assistant in
the botany department, who have
published a new bulletin on the
relative efficiency of roots and
tops of plants in protecting the
soil from erosion. The bulletin
was printed by the conservation
and survey division. Dr. G. Z.
Condra, dean and director.
Weeds Aid Soil.
The writers also call attention
to the fact that weeds are the
wound dressers of the soil. They
have succeeded in determining the
value of various types of plants
as protectors of the soil by an
ingenious, method which forcefully
fill . , . .
MINNESOTA OFFERS
FELLOWSHIPS
Pre-Service Awards
Available for Next
Year at University
A number of pre-service fellow
ships are offered at the University
of Minnesota for the academic
year 1938-37. Students with ex
ceptional scholastic records and
personal qualities are desired for
appointments. Additional inform
ation for those interested may be
obtained at the graduate dean's
office, room 202, Chemistry hall.
BOB HARRISON TO GIVE
FREE TENNIS LESSONS
Recreational Program to
Include Instruction
On Campus Courts.
All summer school students who
wmiM like to obtain free instruc
tion in tennis, by an experienced
instructor, may apply at ur. w
iAntz's office. Robert Harrison
No. 1 player of the university
tennis team, will be the teacher.
"This is purely a recreational
nrnieot " according: to Mr. Lantz,
"and is being offered to summer
school students witnout scnooi
credit or exDense. A special in
vitation is given beginners, as help
is especially valuable wnen piayers
are just starting.
All Phases of Game.
Instruction will be given on any
phase of the game and also on
the construction and upkeep of
tennis courts. This information
should be useful to any superin
tendent or coach who is planning
to construct a tennis court ior nis
school in the near future.
"This instruction is being of
fered lareelv for the fun and exer
cise that will accrue." said Mr,
Harrison, "but the players should
be able to improve tneir games
as well." The players will be di
vided in accordance with their
abilities. Opportunities will be
given for botn group ana inaiviu
nl instruction.
Those interested in any phase
of the project should leave their
names at Mr. Lantz s ornce, room
322 in Teachers college, before
June 18. The names may be left
with whoever is at the desk. The
times for the instruction will be
arranged to best suit the group.
Library Hours.
Hours for the engineering
library are 8-12 and 1-5 Mon
day to Friday and 8-12 Satur
day. tells the story of how all vegeta
tion protects Mother Earth from
the ugly advances of water ero
sion.
"Weeds are no harvested except
in times of great distress," they
write. "Hence they remain upon
the ground even after they have
been cut, or killed by frost, their
withered remains protecting the
soil from both wind and washing
rains. Whenever man or nature
makes a scar, vigorous coarse
fibered weeds find the spot, and
straightway mend the injury,
says Dr. Weaver. "Hated and ob
jurgated, the weed i3 one of the
most useful forces in nature. In
stead of a foe, it remains a friend
in spite of the ill treatment it
receives. Soil, to preserve its
strength, must be protected by
some sort of covering, otherwise
the rains leech it or wash away
the precious particles of mold that
make it productive.
Washouts Left.
"Washouts are left to take care
of themselves. So is plowed or
burned over land. In all three
instances great damage results and
much more would follow but for
tthe energy of the weed family.
How they seed so swiftly is one
of the benign mysteries. Couid
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PLANS MADE TO GET
ORGANIZED ATHLETIC
PROGRAM UNDER WAY
Recreational Committee
Members Announced by
Prof. Lantz.
With about 30 men out for the
first baseball practice Friday eve
ning, organized play will get under
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way tonigni or weuiiesuay eve
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mng, according to &. . Luii,
di
rector o i t n e
summer recrea
tional program.
Practices will
be held every
evening, except
Friday, Satur
day and Sun
d a y, at 7
o'clock, the men
m in CT in f" Tift
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the Teachers
College build
ins'. and wom
en in the space fAf
east of Social
Science hall. All
students inter
Courtesy Journal.
Prof. E. W. Land.
ested are asked to come to these
practices.
"The summer recreational pro
gram is for the students," Prof.
Lantz, stated, "and, therefore, we
will be very glad to get any sug
gestions which students may have
as to how the program can be
made better and more capable of
meeting the interests and needs
of a considerable number of peo
pie."
Committee Assists.
Prof. Lantz is assisted in plan
ning the summer recreational ac
tivities by a committee of univer
sity students. W. W. Marsh will
be in charge of all boys athletics,
and L. L. Patterson wil direct all
tournaments and competitions, as
well as supervising the orchestra
for summer parties
Miss Gertrude Leavitt will direct
women's athletics during the sum
mer session. A program of recre
ational activities for young mar
ried couples is also being planned
by the committee, and will be
under the direction of Mr. Patter
son.
INSTRUCTOR'S STATUE
WINS PRIZE IN EXHIBIT
Williams' Work Recognized
in Alumni Delta Phi
Delta Display.
Raymond Hendry Williams, in
structor in sculpture at the uni
versity, was awarded a prize in
sclupture in the alumni art ex
hibit at the Delta Phi Delta, art
fraternity, exhibition in Kansas
City.
The prizes were announced in
advance of the fraternity's three
day national convention which
opened Monday in the William
Kockhill Nelson gallery in Kansas
City.
Dwight Kirsh, head of the fine
arts department, and Miss Ger
trude Moore, assistant professor
of art history, are attending the
convention as representatives of
the University. Mr. Kirsh is stop
ping in Kansas City on his way
east where he will spend the sum
mer in study.
Williams' statue, a work about
24 inches high, is a naturalistic
female figure. Pottery and weav
ing by students in the fine arts
department were also entered in
the fraternity exhibition.
JyOfel and Found Office
.... In Teachers College
All students In the summer
session are atked to bring arti
cles that are found on or near
the campus to Teachers college,
room 305. Those who have lost
articles should Inquire for them
there, according to Prof. R. O.
Morltr, director of th summer
session.
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University Pool Opens
For Summer Students
Use of the University swim
ming pool in the coliseum will
be available to summer school
students at hours designated by
the men and women's athletic
departments.
Hours for women are Mon
day to Friday from 4 o'clock
until 5 o'clock. Saturday the
hours are from, 1:30 until 3:30.
Hours when the men students
will have use of the pool are:
Monday to Friday from 12
o'clock until 1 o'clock and from
5 o'clock until 6 o'clock. Satur
day the hours are from 12
o'clock until 1 o'clock and from
4 o'clock until 6 o'clock.
HAUN'S ORCHESTRA TO
PLAY FORFIRST PARTY
Social Function for All
Summer Students Set
For Friday.
Dave Haun and his 12 piece or
chestra have been secured to play
for the first all university party
of the summer session, according
to E. W. Lantz. director of recrea
tional and aocial activities. The
party will be Friday evening from
9 to 11:30 in the coliseum.
Plans have been to hold a simi
lar party for all students in the
summer session every Friday eve
ning with the exception of July 3,
when many students will be out of
town for the short vacation.
New Speaker System.
"A new loud speaker system will
be used," according to Professor
Lantz," so that the difficulties of
last summer will be eliminated.
The parties offer students a real
opportunity to have an excellent
time, because there is an excellent
dance floor, fine music, and an
unusually low price." Admission
will be 10 cents a person.
Because of the large number
that have attended the parties in
the past, the university is able to
offer students an opportunity for
an evening of social dancing very
reasonably. Students are asked not
to smoke at the parties, Professor
Lantz declared.
"The one condition which stu
dents must meet in attending Uni
versity parties is that they sub
scribe to the rules, Mr. Lantz an
nounced. "As one of these rules,
we ask that no one smoke inside
the coliseum."
Miss Kelty, Guest Instructor,
Tells of Her Travels Abroad
Chicago Authoress Made
Trip Down Africa
Last Year.
Miss Mary Kelty, lecturer at the
University of Chicago and author
ess of many books on education,
took a few moments from her busy
day to tell a Nebraskan reporter
what she thinks of our climate and
state and to give a birds eye view
of her extensive travel.
"I had been told that Nebraska
was a flat state with no trees at
all, and I was pleasantly surprised
to find a rolling landscape wit!)
beautiful trees, stated the visit
ing instructor. "Also the climate
reports I have received have been
grossly exaggerated, I have found
the weather very comfortable, so
far," she continued with a smile.
Writes in Chicago.
Miss Kelty devotes most of her
time during the winter to her writ
ing and lives in Chicago in close
proximity to the University. Her
latent book "Learning and Teach
ing History" is on the presses and
will be published soon. When she
first itartcd to write, Miss Kelty,
attempted to combine writing and
teaching. "But, she explained, "as
it took me neven years to produce
my first book, I gave up teaching
and devoted my time to writing."
As Miss Kelty taught at one
time in the University, of Porto
EDUCATORS EXPECT
LARGE DELEGATION
AT JUNE MEETINGS
Distinguished Lecturers
Scheduled to Speak
At Conference.
University of Nebraska educa
tors are looking forward to record
attendance figures at the pro
grams of the Nebraska summer
conference, scheduled for June 23
to 25, and the annual conference
on supervised correspondence
study, June 26 and 27.
The fourth annual summer con
ference will bring to Lincoln sev
eral of the nation's most outstand
ing educators, among them, Supt.
C. W. Washburne of Winnetka,
111.; Miss Mary Kelty, lecturer at
the University of Chicago; H. H.
Ryan, principal of the experimen
tal high school, University of Wis
consin, and E. G. Williamson, di
rector of the testing bureau. Uni
versity of Minnesota. Sessions will
be in the Temple building. The
University extension division and
teachers college are sponsoring the
conference on supervised corre
spondence study. Delegates are in
vited for both programs.
An invitation to attend has also
been extended to all the extension
divisions and state educational de
partments in the middlewest. Lo
cal officials have also asked the
office of education of the National
Education association and the
home study council to send repre
sentatives. Haight to Speak.
Nationally known figures in ex
tension work will be present on
the Nebraska program, including
R. C. Haight, superintendent o
schools, Grassrange, Mont., who is
chairman of the national confer
ence on supervised correspondence
study, and Dr. Frank Cyr, assist
ant professor of education at Co
lumbia university. A number of
well known Lincoln educators will
participate in the program on su
pervised correspondence study,
among whom will be Dr. A. A.
Reed, director of the University
extension division; Dr. K. O.
Broady, professor of school ad
ministration, teachers college, and
Earl T. Piatt, who is in charge
of supervised correspondence study
here.
Informal Discussion.
This program will be carried on
informally with problems of the
day being taken up in discussion
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Rico, she is very familiar with
the West Indies and the Phillip
pines. Six years ago she traveled
in China and Japan and speaking
of the political situation in China,
she opined that "China is not a
nation, such as the United States
or France, because the means of
communication in that gicat coun
try are deficient. The roads are
often impassable and the people
have so many different language
that they find it difficult to under
stand one another at all."
Takes African Trip.
I4ist year Miss Kt-ity took a trip
ifom Alexandria, Egypt, down the
length of Airic-a to Capetown. She
I did not o ii.to Ethiopia, but whb
near th bolder during her trip.
The trouble was beginning at that
tibe and she said that the people
had no idea that the resu": would
be so far reaching. They felt that
the affair would eni alter the few
border skirmishes that were go
ing on as she traveled down the
dark continent.
"To see Africa as- it has been,
one ir.uat go there very soon, a
the building of roads and im
provement of means ot communi
cation has gone a long way toward
making Africa civilized." Mis
Kelty remarked.
Her plans for the late summer
are Indefinite, but v.'ili probably ir
elude a trip to the Dallas Exposi
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